The Dillon tribune., 1887-10-14
MONTANA CONDENSED.
From Our Territorial Exchanges, and
Other Sources.


Other Sources.
The Butte Grand Jury pronounced the
city dump all "odoriferous nuisance
Justice of the Peace Nolan, Of Wood
vile, has been indicted by a Grand Jury
for perjury.
The Helena street car line has paid fif-
first Of the year.
The grain product Of the Gallatin Valley
this season is estimated at IS, 600, 900 pounds,
worth $7So,ooo.
William Facer, Of Garrison, last week
discovered. a deposit cf gannister, polish
said to equal "Tripoli."
The Gallatin County Welfare, small
temperance paper, has ceased publication,
but will probably resume.
The Montana Central opens an i,npor-
tant coal field in the vicinity Of Fort Bel.
! knap, in Northern Montana.
Special Agent Howard, with a posse,
| will attempt to arrest the Crow horse
thieves tomorrow, Saturday.
| Missoula courty's assessment rolls show
that there are 1908 cattle in that county,
,4,34c sheep, and 6,oc6 horses.
On Saturday, at Helena, John Manning,
formerly an employe of the Butte Com.
que, suicided by taking poison.
The little Myers girl, wounded last
week near l3ozeman by the bullet which
) killed her elder sister, has since died.
David Hilger, Of Christina, Fergus coun-
ty, lately drew $1,000 from the Louisiana
State lottery, on an investment Of $40.
At Deer Lodge, on Monday next, Bert
Eastman and VIM. Overtime, are to have a
preliminary examination on charge of
robbing the mails.
Miss Pease,' daughter Of Major pease,
Of Livingston, got her arm broken and
her shoulder dislocatet in a runaway acci.
dent few days since.
The .Ne7v /dca, published at Corvallis,
= Missoula county, compliments young
widow living in that neighborhood by say
;, ing, "she is as pretty as the smile Of God"
The house Of John A. Leggatt, at Butte,
was burglarized on the 7th, and the robbcr
got away with sevcral-hundrcd dollars
:. worth of jewelry. clothing, blankets, etc,
& and some money.
Thos. l.. Napton has just returned from
Washington. He says Of the Smokehouse
- cases, at Butte, which are on appeal to the
3 Supreme Court of the United States, that
it will be two or three years Or perhaps
= more before they are reached
New towns are springing up every where
in Montana. One has recently been loca-
: ted four miles east Of Castle, and named
: Robertson, in honor Of Geo. Robertson
, The rich mines Of Castle mountains are
developing ore Of wonderful richness.
Of Mutii>ouian:. Placer miners are still
ground.slncing in Alder Gulch, the head
o. of water being nnrrecedently good for the
:, time of the year The tlumc near AGobe-
i. town is still running night shifts, and i,
=. will probably continue to do so for the
present month.
- John kinna an old and prominent citi
zen Of Helena, died last week. lie was
one of the most prominent old.timc resi-
dents OF Helena, in which city he had re
~ sided ever since it was a mining camp, an,
=. was elected the first Mayor Of the capita
~ city. Mr.. knna had always been at the
front in the advancement of public inter
- ests
- John Harris, who was convicted about q
y year ago at Miles City for burglary anc
scut to the Pcnitentiary al Deer Lodge 70,
IN three years, made his escape one day las
y, week from III. Pen. He had been en-
- ployed in the kitchen, and had studied ;
q means ot escape carefully. lie procured
l. large iron hook which lac attached to the
end of a rope, and managed to throw the
'c hook over the top Of 4 high board ;ncio
y sure, which enabled him to easily scale it
.e Drunkenness, or the Liquor Habit, Positive.
~ lyCured by Administering DIR. IIaincs'